On fiscal deficits
-- China's fiscal deficit is under control and the government's debt level is safe.
On employment, stability
-- Society remains stable despite a gloomy employment situation amid the global financial crisis.
-- To solve the problem of unemployment, the most important job is to improve support for small and medium-sized enterprises, which hire 90 percent of the labor force.
On political reform
-- China will actively advance reforms of its political system to develop socialist democracy, promote equity and justice and strengthen supervision on the government.
On G20 meeting
-- Assistance to developing countries, especially the least developed countries, should top the agenda of the upcoming G20 meeting in London.
-- As the largest developing country, China had exempted 46 least developed countries from more than 40 billion yuan worth of debts by 2008, and the country's assistance to developing countries had exceeded 200 billion yuan.
-- China will build more hospitals and schools in Africa, allow more African students to study in China, and send more medical staff and teachers there.
(Xinhua News Agency March 13, 2009)